| Show HONORABLE MENTION PERSONAL RECOLLECTION MEMORIES OFSHEPHERD BOY FROM WALES Glenn Thomas 2850 Monroe Blvd The little extremely gray steep feet helplessly bush groaning Ogden Utah donkey had rugged in mountain the and 84403 air and pleading been leading slope on for lay her with back help down in been pack securely tied with ropes My younger brother was my first almost deep so had to simply and the rope in the the old camp to feel heavy pack knots the rugged basin my with way new plateau to was longer route coming As on we chose moved vegetation area could one the with fairly have the slowly the be edge of the The of little foot and thing happened into saw the the more mahogany could see felt this moment donkey rolling end over end cause there of mile she to rolled hogany mine soon was bush the but the distance still bottom suddenly Looking her condition be dead The wet she down quick ropes nightfall hazardous way made the dangers as as if testthe slope looked coming beast of no came the easy back directly missed being crushed went gaining speed poor had had put one front At save from basin the halter to miles low-growing rope nothing hand bushes She accidently toward me leaped and barely Down the rugged steep slope she one did She kept her head close to the ground ing each step Aboutthird of the way down tragic trail since mountain donkey no There was another but and this in three to taken the sprinkling open rifle It into was was shorter down and hitches down There slow drizzling rain had been falling much and camp It was about the ropes of was moving the sheep moving other where along in four years of age had of moving camp The carefully balanced and proper Lawrence experience vertically traveling using her mahogany sheep camp equipment was securely bound with straps to the pack saddle and to her back Even thoughwas only twelve skillfully trained in the art had to be evenly distributed the at least idea how to hill from stop could death one many in be quarter times the not ma deter- examination showed she would and straps had become so |
